Competing in the rain, the reigning World Champion LIU Yingzi, 38, from China, won the Trap Women final of the ISSF Shotgun Word Cup stage of Minsk.
The Chinese shooter, who had never won an ISSF World Cup Gold medal before, finished on the highest step of the podium with a total score of 90 hits (69+21), after making up the three-target disadvantage she had from the qualification’s leader STEFECEKOVA.
Following the morning’s qualifications, LIU had walked into the final in third place with a score od 69 hits. The final round took then place under the rain, and the Chinese shooter managed to exploit her opponents’ difficulties to climb up the scoreboard with a final of 21 hits.
Behind LIU, Susanne KIERMAYER of Germany, Jessica ROSSI of Italy and Zuzana STEFECEKOVA of Slovakia tied in second place with a total score of 88 targets, and had to pass through a shoot-off to assign Silver and Bronze.
The 25-year old Slovakian World Record holder Zuzana STEFECEKOVA missed the very first shoot-off target, placing herself in fourth with a total score of 88 (71+17) +0 targets.
Susanne KIERMAYER of Germany, who had climbed from the sixth place, landed in third winning Bronze as she dropped her fourth shoot-off clay finishing on the third step of the podium with a total score of 88 (68+20) +3 targets. “I am happy of my Bronze, but it has not been easy today! To shoot in rain it was difficult. I had to keep wiping off my glasses!”
Today’s youngest finalist, Jessica ROSSI, 17-years old, form Italy, outdid KIERMAYER, winning the shoot-off and grabbing the Silver medal with a total score of 88 (70+18) +4 targets. The Italian shooter had claimed a Silver medal also at this year’s first ISSF World Cup Stage in Cairo. She said “I did not expect such a result: two medals out of two competitions! But I am not completely satisfied about today’s match. I missed so many targets at the beginning of the final round… Luckily I went back on tracks just in time to made into the shoot-off for the podium!”
The People’s Republic of China had entered three shooters into today’s Trap Women final round. Following a few targets behing the Gold medallist LIU, the Silver medallist of this year’s World Cup in Munich LU Xingyu and the 2006 Asian Champion LI Chen placed in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
The Chinese shooter, who had never won an ISSF World Cup Gold medal before, finished on the highest step of the podium with a total score of 90 hits (69+21), after making up the three-target disadvantage she had from the qualification’s leader STEFECEKOVA.
Following the morning’s qualifications, LIU had walked into the final in third place with a score od 69 hits. The final round took then place under the rain, and the Chinese shooter managed to exploit her opponents’ difficulties to climb up the scoreboard with a final of 21 hits.
Behind LIU, Susanne KIERMAYER of Germany, Jessica ROSSI of Italy and Zuzana STEFECEKOVA of Slovakia tied in second place with a total score of 88 targets, and had to pass through a shoot-off to assign Silver and Bronze.
The 25-year old Slovakian World Record holder Zuzana STEFECEKOVA missed the very first shoot-off target, placing herself in fourth with a total score of 88 (71+17) +0 targets.
Susanne KIERMAYER of Germany, who had climbed from the sixth place, landed in third winning Bronze as she dropped her fourth shoot-off clay finishing on the third step of the podium with a total score of 88 (68+20) +3 targets. “I am happy of my Bronze, but it has not been easy today! To shoot in rain it was difficult. I had to keep wiping off my glasses!”
Today’s youngest finalist, Jessica ROSSI, 17-years old, form Italy, outdid KIERMAYER, winning the shoot-off and grabbing the Silver medal with a total score of 88 (70+18) +4 targets. The Italian shooter had claimed a Silver medal also at this year’s first ISSF World Cup Stage in Cairo. She said “I did not expect such a result: two medals out of two competitions! But I am not completely satisfied about today’s match. I missed so many targets at the beginning of the final round… Luckily I went back on tracks just in time to made into the shoot-off for the podium!”
The People’s Republic of China had entered three shooters into today’s Trap Women final round. Following a few targets behing the Gold medallist LIU, the Silver medallist of this year’s World Cup in Munich LU Xingyu and the 2006 Asian Champion LI Chen placed in fifth and sixth place, respectively.